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SUBMITTER: Myers SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4318791 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Myers Sharon L SL Yang Chun Z CZ Bittner George D GD Witt Kristine L KL Tice Raymond R RR Baird Donna D DD
Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology 20140521 3
Use of personal care products is widespread in the United States but tends to be greater among African Americans than whites. Of special concern is the possible hazard of absorption of chemicals with estrogenic activity (EA) or anti-EA (AEA) in these products. Such exposure may have adverse health effects, especially when it occurs during developmental windows (e.g., prepubertally) when estrogen levels are low. We assessed the ethanol extracts of eight commonly used hair and skin products popula ...[more]